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Technology and Human Rights

Finance for All: Wedded to Fintech for Better or for Worse

A new report finds that technology is delivering considerable benefits to the financial inclusion market – but is also creating new risks. Are fintech and financial inclusion perfect partners? Will this marriage last?
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From the Ground Up: How Soil-testing Can Help Predict Return-on-investment for African Farmers

As one of the most cited reasons for variations in yields, soil fertility and the ability to improve and manage it is key to the success of a smallholder. Tecnhoserve share their experience of boosting Maize yields in Kenya and how soil-testing can help predict return-on-investment for African farmers
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8 SSIR Articles on Businesses Pursuing a Social Mission

Stanford Social Innovation Review curate eight articles from their archives- specifically for Business Fights Poverty—that offer insight into how companies can successfully orient themselves around purpose, both internally and externally, to reap its many rewards.
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Professionalising African Motorcycle Taxis: From Vitamins to Painkillers

Rwanda-based motorcycle taxi company SafeMotos is taking the app-based transport service idea, made famous by Uber, a step further by ensuring its product is based on the local needs of both passengers and drivers. SafeMotos joined Business Call to Action with a pledge to ensure more female drivers; to reduce road accidents and to increase incomes.
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Meet the Longlist: Unilever Global Development Award, Supported by Business Fights Poverty

Business in the Community announce the longlist of companies selected for the The Unilever Global Development Award, supported by Business Fights Poverty. The award recognises businesses that demonstrate positive impact against one or more of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Formal Finance and Informal Groups: Inside the Black Box

A successful business case for linkages must offer something useful to all involved parties. This means looking ‘inside the black box’ of different mindsets: the bank or microfinance institution, the fintech or platform provider; and the informal savings groups. As well as figuring out how to build long-term relationships between the complexities of these diverse mindsets.
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Mapping Lives with Refugees

How the Poverty Stoplight, a social innovation that activates the potential of people to assess and eliminate poverty in their families and communities through a self-evaluation tech tool, can help provide more stable and conducive environments for refugees.
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Charting a Course for Robust Private Sector Engagement

MCC share the highlights from their recent Advisory Council meeting in Washington, D.C. The gathering brought together Council members with deep subject area expertise, representing a variety of U.S. industries, to provide specific feedback on agency plans, as well as advice on how MCC can improve its engagement with the business community.
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Making Payment Acceptance a Driver for Financial Inclusion

Mastercard believe that merchant acceptance is key to financial inclusion. Here they discuss advancing payment acceptance at the base of the pyramid and how new product solutions, business models and partnerships can advance both electronic payments and financial inclusion.
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Sustainability Standards Embrace GIS Technology

ISEAL Alliance, who represent the global movement of sustainability standards, share insights on the exponential growth of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for sustainability and how this integrative technology is enabling standards to deliver a more tailored approach to compliance and capacity building, making certification more accessible to smallholders.
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Are Standards an Effective Tool to Help Improve Production Practices Across Sectors?

Kristin Komives, ISEAL’s Impacts Director, explores how sustainability standards drive the take up of sustainable practices, following the publication of a new research review.
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4 Tips for Effective and Dynamic Groups

By allowing practitioners to share intelligence, learn from peers and work together, working groups improve the sector’s effectiveness and foster innovative ideas. But how do we ensure they are fit for purpose and generate greater impact? Here are some tips to create a vibrant and dynamic community.
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Women Sea Salt Producers in Indonesia Cooperate to Seize New Economic Opportunities

MCC’s investments in Indonesia are helping to empower women salt producers to increase the quantity and quality of salt production to boost incomes. The women are benefiting from labor-reducing and energy-efficient technologies as well as training programs aimed at improving salt-making skills, financial management, marketing and more.
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Time to Re-energise the INGO Model Through Structural Innovation

The international NGO sector faces significant disruption to its business models in the next decade. INGOs must think deeply about what kind of organisation they want to be in 2030 if they are to keep pace with shifts in demography, technology, climate, geopolitics and much else besides
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Virtual Reality Training in Southern Africa

New technology fills a gap that many governments and training institutions in Africa are struggling to bridge: the need for more skilled workers. Virtual reality training can offer opportunities in a number of fields, giving people access to knowledge which can be used to improve their lives.
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A Nigérien Entrepreneur Finds Her Niche in Camel Milk

MCC’s $437 million five-year compact to strengthen agriculture sector entered into force in January. The compact will focus on improving access to water for agriculture and livestock and expanding access to markets. In this blog post, we profile Wouro Habsatou Aboubacar, who runs a camel farm outside of Niamey.
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Supporting the SDGs through the Power of Data

GSMA, the UN Foundation and the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data met with UN agencies and country missions to discuss the actual and potential contribution of partnerships and data to a better world. GSMA shares concrete examples of how an industry sector is using partnerships and data to deliver real impact on people’s lives
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5 Steps to Build Trust in Your Organisation

We have been witnessing a collapse in trust in businesses, the media and governments for a number of years now. Edelman’s recent 2017 global survey shows that trust in NGOs is also in decline. Rupert Younger shares his insights on how to rebuild trust in an environment of mistrust.
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The Agricultural Models We Want Tomorrow

Food loss in the supply chain, the shift to a less-nutritious fast-food diet and wasteful irrigation techniques are among the most important challenges currently facing the food and agriculture system in the MENA region. Read how BCtA companies are serving as positive examples for inclusive businesses in the region.
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Access to Energy Through Mobile Is Changing Lives

The mobile industry is playing a crucial role in achieving SDG 7: Universal energy access by 2030. New models to deliver energy to underserved consumers are emerging out of a convergence between mobile payments, the internet and mobile services. GSMA discuss how access to energy through mobile is changing lives
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